geopolitical
EUがウクライナ，グルジア，モルドバと連合協定を交わしました。この協定により3国はEUと政治的，経済的な連携を強化するとのことです。旧ソビエト連合の国であったものが，EUにることになり，歴史的なことであると思います。記事の名で気になった単語は"geopolitical"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版（三省堂）』によると「地政学的」という意味がありました。"geo-"が「地球」を表し，"political"が「政治的」という意味であるため類推することが可能な単語です。（Ume）
EU signs pacts with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
There is a general sense of irritation or perhaps even anger here that Moscow has failed to convince countries like Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia not to sign this historic free trade deal today with the EU.
Moscow has economic concerns about these deals - it is worried that the Russian market could be flooded by cheap goods from the EU that would hit Russian producers.
More pressing for Moscow are the geopolitical concerns here - the whole idea of former Soviet states, countries that Moscow still views as being within its sphere of influence, drifting towards Europe and one day possibly becoming part of the EU - that really grates with Moscow, particularly in the case of Ukraine.
There's a lot of concern about what could happen in eastern Ukraine - the ceasefire announced a few days ago by Mr Poroshenko, and the ceasefire announced by armed separatist rebels, is due to expire today. It's unclear how things are going to develop later.
